Collecting the first four issues of the Eisner-winning team of Rucka & Lark's critically acclaimed new series about Forever Carlyle the Lazarus of the Carlyle Family Included is the previously only-available-online four-page short Family Prelude In a dystopian near-future government is a quaint concept resources are coveted & possession is 100 of the law A handful of Families rule jealously guarding what they have & exploiting the Waste who struggle to survive in their domains Forever Carlyle defends her family's holdings through deception & force as their protector their Lazarus Shot dead defending the family home Forever's day goes downhill from there